Ensign Flandry - Softcover

Poul Anderson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0441207243 ISBN 13: 9780441207244

Publisher: Ace Books, 1979

Synopsis

Introducing Dominic Flandry: Before he's through He'll have saved worlds and become the confidante of emperors. But for now he's seventeen years old, as fresh and brash a sprig of the nobility as you would care to know. The only thing as damp as the place behind his ears is the ink on his brand new commission. Though through this and his succeeding adventures he will struggle gloriously and win (usually) mighty victories, Dominic Flandry is essentially a tragic figure: a man who knows too much, who knows tht battle scheme and betray as he will in the end it will mean nothing. For with the relentlessness of physical law the Long Night approaches, The Terran Empire is dying ....

About this title

Synopsis:

"Ensign Flandry" is a classic character in the history of science fiction. This definitive omnibus of three Flandry adventures will delight Anderson's legion of fans. After the first flowering of the Terran Empire, which has grown increasingly decadent and corrupt, other civilisations in the galaxy threaten to take over the Terran's worlds. In this scenario steps the debonair, tough and pessimistic Dominic Flandry, half-Hans Solo, half-James Bond and a hero for the ages!

About this edition

• Publisher: Ace Books
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0441207243
• ISBN 13: 9780441207244
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Illustrator: Michael Whelan